Monday, December 9, 2013

Murder Games- Part 6

Ashish
stood at the chair, wondering about the suspects, when the next man walked in. Dressed
in a brown shirt, and a similar pant, the man also wore glasses, and looked
just around his 30s. As soon as the Chief Detective made the man sit on his
chair, he started talking.

“Sir,
I saw the murderer.”

“What!?”

“I
saw him limping away slowly into the distance. As soon as I called out to him,
he ran ahead and jumped over the wall, grimacing in pain.”

“Are
you sure? Didn’t you tell the guard at the gate?”

“He
wasn’t there when I came, so I had to let myself in. The maid took the letter
from me, and at that time I mentioned about the man to her.”

“What
did she say then? And what about the guard?”

“She
took my help to walk to the guard’s cabin and we informed him about what had
happened. He went to search the grounds, but nothing futile was found in the
search.”

“How
long did you take to walk from the guard’s cabin to the house and back there
with the maid?”

“Around
10 minutes. I had to fill my bottle as well, so I told the maid to get it done,
and she readily accepted.”

“Would
you like anything to drink? Please do help yourself, I’ll be just a minute.”

“I’m
fine Sir.”

Going
out of the door, Ashish went to the room where Shanaya was talking with the
maid.

“Shanaya,
don’t let her go after you’re done, and get me a map of the grounds as well.
Also summon the security guard.”

“Any
developments Sir?”

“The
postman has seen the murderer. And there are some things I wish to clear out as
well. Call the station and tell a sketch artist to be ready. We may need him as
well.”

“Oh
my God! But Sir, what if the postman is lying? He could have slipped upstairs
and killed the Major when the maid was filling his bottle, couldn’t he? The
sight of the murderer could just be a way to sideline our search.”

“Are
you getting smart or is it just my presence which incites such questions in
you? Keep using that head of yours and one day you will be in my position.”

“Oh,
really Sir! That would be so great!”

“I’m
just kidding dear. You will retire before me, I’m sure of that! And anyways,
I’m not getting promoted any time soon. Now get to work. I’ll talk to the
postman and join you in 5 minutes. Let’s get this case closed today itself.
Then off we go on a holiday.”

“Oh
wow Sir, where are we going?”

“Somewhere
far, where there is no one, and there is only peace of mind. And the silence
wakes us…”

Continuing
to himself as he exited the room, he said, “A true blonde. She still doesn’t
know that after solving a case, the detective in charge and his subordinate get
3 days off. Thank you God for such a bright
assistant.”